Button-fastener.



M. S. MASON.

BUTTON FASTENER.

APPLICATION PIL'ED no.4. 1907 74 o Irv W e v M a Patented Nov. 24, 1908 Qvihwon UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY S. MASON, OF ELMSFORD, NEW YORK.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY S. MASON, citizen of the United States, residing at Elmsford, in the county of l Vestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is an improved button fastener by means of which buttons may be securely attached to garments without the use of a needle and thread and may also be readily removed when desired.

WVith this and other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions and arrangements of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a transverse section showing my improved button fastener applied to a button. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the button and the parts of the fastener in juxtaposition. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cap-plate, and Fig. 4 is a similar view of the staple.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

My improved button fastener is designed to be applied to a button 1 having a shank l and it embodies a staple 2 the sides 3 of which are pliable. This staple 2 is designed to be engaged with the shank of the button 1 and to be pushed through the cloth of the garment to which the button is to be attached, with its sides 8 protruding therefrom.

The numeral 4: designates a cap-plate Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. December 4, 1907.

Patented Nov. 24, 1908.

Serial No. 405,092.

which is constructed of pliable material and is preferably initially formed from a circular disk doubled upon itself along a diametrical or axial line, as shown in Fig. 2. This cap-plate at is formed with sockets 5 which communicate with and lead from the same face thereof on opposite sides of the axial line, and which extend oppositely between the faces of the cap plate and substantially perpendicular to the axial line, and terminate short of the edge of the cap plate.

The sockets 5 are adapted to receive the respective protruding sides 3 of the staple, and the cap plate is bent so that the parts thereof all lie 'in the same plane, such movement bending the sides 3 of the staple to lock them in engagement with the sockets 5 and thus secure the button 1 in position upon the cloth and incase said ends of the staple, to prevent the same from snagging or otherwise injuring the cloth. The reversal of the above operation obviously removes the button from the garment.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is:

A button fastener comprising a staple adapted to be passed through the shank of an ordinary button, and a pliable cap plate formed with sockets arranged to receive the ends of said staple, said sockets leading from the same face of the cap plate on opposite sides of the axial line thereof and extending oppositely between the faces of said cap plate and terminating short of the edge thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARY S. MASON.

Witnesses ELIZABETH B. MAsoN, GEORGIA l\/.[ASON. 

